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If Civic Engagement Is Boring, You’re Probably Doing It Wrong
The five cities of the City Accelerator’s second cohort — Albuquerque, Atlanta, Baltimore, New Orleans and Seattle —…
2015-08-19
DIY Guide : How To Build A City From Scratch
From Songdo, South Korea to Lavasa, India via Egypt’s unnamed new capital, everywhere you look it seems someone’s…
2015-07-03
Dan Doctoroff and Google Announce Sidewalk Labs
NEW YORK – Dan Doctoroff, the former CEO of Bloomberg LP and Deputy Mayor of Economic Development and…
2015-06-11
Enhancing Creative Community Resilience
Inclusivity is a critical element for building urban resilience. In this guest blog, founder of Enabling City Chiara…
2015-05-22
Humanity’s Greatest Invention?
Besides being one of today’s most influential urban economists, Harvard’s Edward Glaeser is a highly sought-after city strategist,…
2015-05-11
Walkonomics And The High Line Effect
Investing in walkable public spaces should be a no-brainer; they can be a catalyst for regeneration, make…
2015-05-04
LA’s pLAn : From Smog & Sprawl To A Green Sustainable City
Los Angeles is known around the world as the home of Hollywood stars, sunny beaches and a high…
2015-04-18
How Stockholm Became The Ultimate Walkable City
The quality of life in many neighbourhoods in the Swedish capital is directly influenced by a decision to…
2015-03-30
Germany’s Designer City
On the brick wall of a building beside the River Elbe in Hamburg, Germany, a small brass plaque…
2015-02-28
Can Melbourne Lower Its Temperature By 7 Degrees?
The Australian city is using trees and water to fight the urban heat island effect. MELBOURNE, Australia —…
2015-02-27
The Unlikely Ascent Of Palestine’s Green Architects
One of the first thoughts Danna Masad had about the importance of architecture occurred to her in early…
2015-02-26
4 Reasons You Should Move To Vienna
Urbanists obsess over the Austrian capital city and for good reason: It’s beautiful, has affordable housing, great public…
2015-02-25
The Network City
“Only connect,” the writer E. M. Forster said famously — and modern scientists working with network structures are…
2015-02-20
Singapore’s ‘Urban Jungle’
Inside a city that works hard at keeping the jungle in “urban jungle.” When it comes to discovering…
2015-02-19
6 Major Design Trends Shaping City Life In 2015
Cities are the future. By one oft-cited statistic, 70% of the world’s population will live in urban areas…
2015-02-11
Communities Of The Future Will Be Organised on Transportation
The era of transit-oriented development and “networked livable communities” has arrived. The Great Recession has fundamentally changed the…
2015-02-05